Improvement in bridles



B. W. SANBORN.

Bridles.

Patentedlune 30,1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT' FFICE.

RODMAN W. SANBORN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRIDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,518, dated June 30,1874; application filed December 30, 1873.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RODMAN NV. SANBORN, ofRochester, in the county of Monroe and State ot New York, have inventedcertain Improvement-s in Bridles, of which the following is aspecification:

My invention relates to an improved bridle for unruly horses; andconsists in applying to an ordinary bridle a rein which passes acrossthe animals nose, through the ends of the bit, and back over his headbetween the ears, with its ends attached to the usual driving reins 5and also in applying to said rein an adjustable slide in front of theanima-Ps head.

Figure lis a view showing a harnessed horse with my bridle on Fig. 2, anenlarged view of the animals head, showingV more clearly theconstruction of the bridle.

A represents an ordinary bridle, consisting of a head-stall, bit, andthroat-latch, but without the usual check-rein. B are the drivingreins,attached to the ends of the bit a, and

carried back through the terrets on the saddle, as usual. O is myimproved check and driving rein, which passes across the animals nose,and has its ends carried through the rings a on the bit and then up sideby side between the animals ears, through guide-loops b on thehead-stall, and then downward to the driving-reins B, to which they areattached at a point just forward of the terrets, as shown in Figs. l and2. The ends of the rein C are connected with the driving-reins by meansof buckles d or any other device which will admit of their beinglengthened and shortened.

It will be seen that when a strain is brought upon the rein O, arrangedas shown, it will tend to draw the animals head up, and at the same timedrawing through the ends oi" the bit will draw down tightly around theanimals nose and compress the upper jaw between it and the bit. Thiscompression of the upper jaw is so effective as to bring the moststubborn animal under control.

In using my bridle, if the animal is a gentle one and easily controlled,the rein O has its ends slackened, so that in ordinary driving therewill be little or no strain on said rein when the animal holds his headup in position` Should the animal, however, stumble, or from any otherreason throw his head down, the rein C will be thereby tightened, so asto cause him to raise it again. mal becomes unruly, th e rider, drawn gstron gl y on the driving-reins B, also brings the rein O into play.

When the bridle is used 011 a horse that is fractions or unruly, theends ofthe rein O are shortened up, so that the driving-reins B willkeep a constant strain thereon. Vhen thus adjusted the rein O servesboth as a check and as a driving or guiding rein, and gives the driverperfect control over the animal.

In front of the animals face I mount a slide or loop, D, clasping aroundthe two branches of the rein O, and holding them close together. Bymoving this slide up and down the two branches or parts of the rein maybe brought together at any desired distance above the ends of the bit.By thus changing the adjustment of the rein its action on the animal maybe varied to suit his peculiarities of form and habit.

Having described my invention what I claim 1s Y The bridle provided withthe rein O passing' over the animals nose, loosely through the ends ofthe bit, up the animals face, between his ears, through loops c on thehead-stall, and then finally attached to the driving-reins B, as shownand described.

Witnesses: RODMAN XV. SANBORN.

P. T. DODGE, E. F. GUNSON.

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